Mental Health Service and Medication Use in New York City after the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 274-283

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a,b   Galea, Sandro ^a,c   Adams, Richard E ^a   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Resnick, Heidi ^e   Vlahov, David ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; STRESS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TERRORISM;

EID: 1542346434     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.3.274     Document Type: Article

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